By Heidi Atter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Independent A brook has opened up near Rigolet. There is thin ice near Postville. An early snowfall slowed ice growth near Nain. Traditional snowmobile \u00a0routes aren\u2019t safe near Makkovik. Throughout Nunatsiavut, a warming and \u00a0less predictable climate is changing ice patterns Inuit have used for \u00a0centuries. Glen Sheppard, a former AngajukKak of Postville, is worried it\u2019s just \u00a0a matter of time before someone goes through the ice on their \u00a0snowmobile\/ski-doo. \u201cWe\u2019re facing huge, huge changes,\u201d he says. Sheppard serves on Postville\u2019s volunteer Search and Rescue team. He \u00a0recently travelled out of the community to cut firewood, something many \u00a0Inuit rely on for heat in the winter months, when he found \u201cslob\u201d \u00a0ice\u2014when ice softens and turns to slush\u2014and even open water. \u201cIt\u2019s… <\/p>\n
By Heidi Atter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Independent A brook has opened up near Rigolet. There is thin ice near Postville. An early snowfall slowed ice growth near Nain. Traditional snowmobile \u00a0routes aren\u2019t safe near Makkovik. Throughout Nunatsiavut, a warming and \u00a0less predictable climate is changing ice patterns Inuit have used for \u00a0centuries. Glen Sheppard, a former AngajukKak of Postville, is worried it\u2019s just \u00a0a matter of time before someone goes through the ice on their \u00a0snowmobile\/ski-doo. \u201cWe\u2019re facing huge, huge changes,\u201d he says. Sheppard serves on Postville\u2019s volunteer Search and Rescue team. He \u00a0recently travelled out of the community to cut firewood, something many \u00a0Inuit rely on for heat in the winter months, when he found \u201cslob\u201d \u00a0ice\u2014when ice softens and turns to slush\u2014and even open water. \u201cIt\u2019s... <\/p>\n